Home energy simulator for PV, batteries, heat pumps and tariffs
Hi Folks!
I've been working on a home energy simulator app the past few months for PV, batteries and heat pumps, which is designed to give a realistic picture of things like import and export and return on investment. Was really hoping to get some feedback on it...
It lets you:
- Specify location, batteries, inverter, PV, tariff and consumption data (or generate a realistic profile)
-Test different charging strategies (e.g. forced night-time charging vs maximising self-consumption)
-Optionally include a heat pump to estimate how a combined PV-heat pump system would perform
I've sanity checked it again my own system, but would be keen to compare it to other systems installed. And if anyone has any feature requests? My background is in software engineering (~8 years) and have worked at a couple of start up renewable energy companies doing similar systems modelling.
The tool is free to use (no sign up required)
App: https://solarbutter.co.uk/app
Short demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDM2oWGR32g
Thanks!
Alex